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My weekly newsletter sharing how I use AI to work smarter, earn more, and stay ahead of the curve.

One of the biggest gifts AI has given me is the ability to visualize ideas instantly. I spent many years feeling embarassed that my slides weren't as beautiful as others (especially at IDEO!). I spent many late nights moving text boxes and images around slides.

Now, I’m producing better visuals than ever and doing it in seconds. With AI, of course.

Here is my AI tool stack for turning words into visuals:

Napkin.ai (my favorite diagram generator)

I recently rediscovered Napkin, and it has become my go-to for anything diagram-related.

What you can do with it:

• Turn any text into clean, professional diagrams (org charts, flows, systems, processes)
• Paste in a multi-step description → get 10+ diagram options instantly
• Edit the source text → the diagram updates automatically
• Customize branding (colors, fonts, shapes)
• Export straight into slides, docs, or websites

If you create presentations, workflows, onboarding docs, or product explainers, Napkin is a huge unlock.
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👉 3-minute demo video: YouTube​

Canva (my go-to for slide creation)

Canva is my workhorse. I use it for creating brand assets (cover slides for videos, images for LinkedIn posts, logos), presentations, video editing, documents, and more.

Reasons I like Canva:

• It helps me (a historically terrible slide designer) create beautiful slides instantly (demo video here).
• Templates for everything, and it tells me proper sizing for each type of asset (YouTube, LinkedIn, presentation, etc.)
• Great image editing features like removing backgrounds, changing text.
• The AI design assistant is shockingly helpful

👉 Editing slides in Canva demo: YouTube​

Google Gemini / Nano Banana (fastest image creation — especially for home design)

I use Gemini's “Nano Banana” image generator constantly for visuals. Not because the models are better, but because they’re faster.

My main use cases:

• Interior design brainstorming (“Here's a photo of my kitchen, what if the cabinets were blue? Make them wood. Add pendant lights.”)
• Quick visual assets for blog posts or newsletters ("Here's my blog, create an image to go with it")
• Whimsical imagery just for fun ("Make my house look like a gingerbread house")

I still use ChatGPT for images too — sometimes it’s better on style and quality — but it’s slower. So I bounce between the two depending on what I need.

Lovable (my product + website builder)

Lovable remains my favorite tool for turning text into something visual and compelling.

What I use it for:

• Building websites in minutes
• Prototyping new product ideas
• Mocking up workflows or user journeys
• Replacing slide decks entirely (sometimes a Lovable site is my “presentation”)

Lovable is the definition of "vibe coding". If you're ramping up on AI, I highly recommend giving it a go to get familiar with what this technology can do. I assure you, it's easy and fun, especially for us non-techies.

👉 Lovable guides and tutorials: ​Watch Me AI​​

Google Notebook LM (the new sleeper hit)

This is the one I’m newly excited about.

Notebook LM has always been great for organizing thoughts and summarizing content, especially with audio, but I recently discovered it now does video creation too.

You can drop in long-form content — notes, transcripts, articles, outlines — and Notebook LM will generate:

• A short explanatory video
• A thought leadership-style summary
• A tutorial-style breakdown

The quality isn’t amazing yet, but the concept is mind-blowing: Take all your thinking → get a short video that explains it visually.

I’m already imagining workflows where I turn workshops, blog posts, or transcripts into tight video explainers in minutes. This one is worth experimenting with.

👉 Demo here: ​YouTube​​

Honorable Mentions

Sora (ChatGPT's video generator)

I used it a bunch when it first launched to make silly jingles and playful short videos. It’s fun, but I’m not using it in my actual workflows right now. Still, worth trying if you want to spark creativity.

ChatGPT Image Generator

Sometimes better than Gemini for specific aesthetics. Just slower. I treat it as a “second pass” tool when I want something more polished.

Gamma.app

An AI presentation creator. Give it raw text, and it creates a slide deck. Not my primary tool as the slides don't look that great (Canva wins here), but lots of people love it.

Final Thoughts

AI is making visual communication so much easier.

A few years ago, creating diagrams, decks, product mockups, or home design concepts would’ve taken hours (and a lot of frustration). Now, you can think out loud in text, and these tools turn it into something beautiful.

If you want me to do a deeper tutorial on any of these — or show a full visual workflow — hit reply and tell me.

Until next week,

Mollie